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after the election obama sits down with boehner. they wait until the middle of december because obama has been slow walking boehner's proposal were right after the election. and the president is pretty tough. he doesn't want to give anything that he was giving away back in the grand bargain talk. and he doesn't think boehner at $800 billion is giving him enough. that's a signal right there that things are not going to go well back in december, and we know now that they're not going well looking intoed future. >> cenk: in you're progressive you have to be ecstatic that joe biden purposely or accidently screwed up the grand bargain negotiations because it would have been a disaster for progressiveses. if you're a republican you're thinking that tea party knuckle heads would regarding the deal. >> the tea party clash is what gave the majority the midterm election what the president called shallacking, that group that 87, the unruly, unorthodox freshman who came in a little bit like dick the butcher in hen 6th who said the first thing w
after the election obama sits down with boehner. they wait until the middle of december because obama has been slow walking boehner's proposal were right after the election. and the president is pretty tough. he doesn't want to give anything that he was giving away back in the grand bargain talk. and he doesn't think boehner at $800 billion is giving him enough. that's a signal right there that things are not going to go well back in december, and we know now that they're not going well looking...
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obama made a good offer. he reiterated last night and said we already cut a trillion and a half out of appropriated spending and some revenue out of the fiska will cliff deal and have a ways yet to go. let's have a balanced course as we work this out. the republicans have said we are not talking and the reality is the republican caucus is so extreme that they couldn't get the votes for a deal if they had one. >> thank you so much very much. the president is heading out of your home state on his first stop after the state of the union. let me get back to the panel here. i want to play what marco rubio had to say in the gop response prior to the water drink. prior or after. i don't know if anything matters. you take that sip of water and what he said about his personal story. >> this ideal is personal. my parents emigrated for the opportunity to improve their life. they made it to the middle class. my dad as a bartender and my mother as a cashier and maid. i didn't inherit money from them. i live in the same mi
obama made a good offer. he reiterated last night and said we already cut a trillion and a half out of appropriated spending and some revenue out of the fiska will cliff deal and have a ways yet to go. let's have a balanced course as we work this out. the republicans have said we are not talking and the reality is the republican caucus is so extreme that they couldn't get the votes for a deal if they had one. >> thank you so much very much. the president is heading out of your home state...
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i want to start on the issue of obama care. governor jindal, you seem to be bucking the trend among republicans. a lot of republican governors are saying we're going to go with what the president wants, expands medicaid rules, which is our option under the medicaid plan. we'll have to pay money but the federal government will pay more of it. you're saying, no, i'm not going to do that. other republicans are saying yes, you should. what do you know they don't know. >> one thing, every governor has to make the decision best know their state. it will cost louisiana taxpayers over a billion dollars in the next years. the president said doesn't make sense to put more people in the medicaid program without reforming the program. he was right in 2009. we have offered multiple times to meet with the president. we've offered to give flexibility on eligibility, benefit design, premium assistance, not a one size fits all approach. in louisiana alone, as many as 180,000 people would be moved from private insurance to medicaid under this ex
i want to start on the issue of obama care. governor jindal, you seem to be bucking the trend among republicans. a lot of republican governors are saying we're going to go with what the president wants, expands medicaid rules, which is our option under the medicaid plan. we'll have to pay money but the federal government will pay more of it. you're saying, no, i'm not going to do that. other republicans are saying yes, you should. what do you know they don't know. >> one thing, every...
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moments from now, president obama and vice president biden are due to meet with the nation's governors who do not need reminding that they're able to meet their payrolls, employ their citizens and their citizens largely because of washington's host. for the rest of us, the white house is pointing out how spending cuts in almost every federal program and department are going to affect each state. let's go to a couple of them. for instance, north dakota, it stands to lose funding for ten of its public schools. and 200 kids will be cut from head start. 2,000 civilian defense employees will face furlough. in ohio, that state stands to lose 350 teachers and cut 2,500 preschoolers from head start. 26,000 defense furloughs are expected there as well. to california now. 320 schools are going to lose funding. 64,000 defense furloughs. almost 16,000 fewer children will be vaccinated in that state. pretty tough to see those numbers. in fact, i want to bring in my cnn colleague, wolf blitzer in washington and ali velshi here in new york as well. ali, let me start with you. the numbers seem to be s
moments from now, president obama and vice president biden are due to meet with the nation's governors who do not need reminding that they're able to meet their payrolls, employ their citizens and their citizens largely because of washington's host. for the rest of us, the white house is pointing out how spending cuts in almost every federal program and department are going to affect each state. let's go to a couple of them. for instance, north dakota, it stands to lose funding for ten of its...
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. >> woodruff: fresh from addressing the nation, president obama opened a new campaign today to sell his second-term economic plan. in turn, republicans dismissed most of his ideas as the failed policies of the past. the president flew south today, going directly to voters with his ideas for creating jobs and boosting the middle class. the post state of the union tour began in asheville, north carolina, at a plant that makes heavy-duty engines. he picked up where he had left off with his message the night before. >> our job as americans is to restore that basic bargain that says if you work hard, if you're willing to meet your responsibilities, you can get ahead. ( applause ) you can get ahead. doesn't matter what you look like, doesn't matter where you come from. our middle class, when it's growing, when it's thriving, when there are ladders of opportunity for people to do a little bit better each year and make sure that their kids are doing even better than them, that's the american dream. that's what we gotta fight for. that has to be the north star that guides everything we do. >
. >> woodruff: fresh from addressing the nation, president obama opened a new campaign today to sell his second-term economic plan. in turn, republicans dismissed most of his ideas as the failed policies of the past. the president flew south today, going directly to voters with his ideas for creating jobs and boosting the middle class. the post state of the union tour began in asheville, north carolina, at a plant that makes heavy-duty engines. he picked up where he had left off with his...
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodff: president obama pushedor a hike in the minimum wage as he toured a north carolina factory, one part of the second term agenda he laid out last night in his state of the union address. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we assess the merits of the president's plan to increase prosperity for working class americans. >> woodruff: then, we get the latest on the fiery end to the manhunt for a former los angeles police officer and the investigation into homicides he's accused of committing. >> brown: we take a second look at a story about programs in chicago targeting high-risk, low-income students long before they get to kindergarten. >> i don't think we understood how much of a barrier deep, deep poverty is in terms of engaging families and creating opportunities for children. >> woodruff: and margaret warner examines the calls for action on immigration reform, coming from both sides of capitol hill. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major fundin
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodff: president obama pushedor a hike in the minimum wage as he toured a north carolina factory, one part of the second term agenda he laid out last night in his state of the union address. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we assess the merits of the president's plan to increase prosperity for working class americans. >> woodruff: then, we get the...
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obama coming into the room. and we saw her going down to resounding applause. and i want to point out, you're looking next to her will be kaitlin roig, who is the first grade teacher at newtown who told me about taking her 15 first graders into the bathroom, shielding them from the gunman, saying, "the good guys are on their way." >> and the president knows he has a job to do on ending gun violence. he's laid out proposal, including universal background checks, an assault weapons ban, a limit on high capacity magazines. i want to bring in our own matthew dowd right here. he knows that most of that or a lot of it is not going to get through this congress. >> this interesting thing about this speech is, he'll obviously have a litany of things but he's hanging his hat, from what we can tell, about who he has in that crowd and who he's brought in. on gun control legislation. it's going to be a very difficult thing to get some of that stuff through, even in the aftermath of the crisis we face. >> even among, donna brazile joining us tonight, even among democrats, es
obama coming into the room. and we saw her going down to resounding applause. and i want to point out, you're looking next to her will be kaitlin roig, who is the first grade teacher at newtown who told me about taking her 15 first graders into the bathroom, shielding them from the gunman, saying, "the good guys are on their way." >> and the president knows he has a job to do on ending gun violence. he's laid out proposal, including universal background checks, an assault...
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>>> hola que tal buenas tardes , desde washington , donde en e estos momentos el presidente barack obama da su discurso s r sobre el esyadtado de la uniÓn e espera que hable sobre ,a esytab estabilidad , econÓmicos , y una reforma migratoria , vbuenas t r tardes tambiÉn , vamos a las n montaÑlas de san bernardino esÀ tatrrde las auytoridades dxes s dxesplegadxesplega dxesplegadas en una cabaÑa , ardiendo en llamad s dpnonde o suponia que estaba , crihristopr dorner ,que baleo a...
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president obama said the worst day of his presidency was the day of sandy hook. since first learning about it, the gun control has been the top of his agenda. the gun control issue. and the fight has been constant. and tonight on the biggest stage, the president will make the case to the american people. but he won't be alone. we'll see the courageous faces of tragedy. over 20 families of gun victims will be in that hall tonight. americans whose lives have been forever changed including the family of hadiya pendelton, the honor student killed in a park. her parents will sit in the first lady's box. today we heard some of the stories from the courageous americans. >> i'm here today because my daughter never came home. i'm here today because she lost her life to gun violence. >> on december 14th we lost the love and light of our family, our daughter grace. after that day i made a promise to her that i would be her voice. >> i am here to speak for her since she is not here to speak for herself. >> we have the obligation to try. >> right now congress can act, step up
president obama said the worst day of his presidency was the day of sandy hook. since first learning about it, the gun control has been the top of his agenda. the gun control issue. and the fight has been constant. and tonight on the biggest stage, the president will make the case to the american people. but he won't be alone. we'll see the courageous faces of tragedy. over 20 families of gun victims will be in that hall tonight. americans whose lives have been forever changed including the...
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el presidente obama recibio hoy a 16 dirigentes sindicales y de grupos pro inmigrantes para continuar el impulso para una reforma migratoria que otorgue la opcin para la ciudadana. casi simultaneamen te, el comit judicial de la cmara baja realiz su primera audiencia sobre inmigracin este aÑo, centrada en la reunificacin familiar... s/ john boehner, house speaker :12 "this is not about being in a hurry, it's about getting it right...." el presidente de la cmara de representant es y principal figura del partido republicano, john boehner, dijo "alentar" todos los esfuerzos bipartidistas al respecto y destaco que no se trata de apresurarse, sino de intentar hacerlo bien en nombre de los estadounidenses y de aquellos que estan sufriendo bajo un sistema migratorio que no funciona bien para nadie. el mandatario reiter el compromiso que hizo en nevada. si el congreso no avanza en un proyecto de ley, presentar su propuesta para que sea sometida a votacin. los ocho senadores que presentaron la semana pasada una propuesta migratoria dijeron que su meta es tener un proyecto de ley redactado ante
el presidente obama recibio hoy a 16 dirigentes sindicales y de grupos pro inmigrantes para continuar el impulso para una reforma migratoria que otorgue la opcin para la ciudadana. casi simultaneamen te, el comit judicial de la cmara baja realiz su primera audiencia sobre inmigracin este aÑo, centrada en la reunificacin familiar... s/ john boehner, house speaker :12 "this is not about being in a hurry, it's about getting it right...." el presidente de la cmara de representant es y...
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what we saw was classic obama. we saw bipartisan rhetoric in order to cloak liberal policies and it is very effective. >> you were about to say yes. >> i suspect a lot of eyes didn't see it as bipartisanly as you did. marco rubio, remember who he is compared to. compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges. nobody is going to say tomorrow marco rubio screwed this up. he did a terrific job. he laid out a very clear alternative. he talked about republican values. he talked about free enterprise. he talked about his own roots in a very emotional way. i know his neighbors. i knew his father. i know his mom. what he was drawing from was from a very deep place within and i thought he did a terrific job. >> i have one overarching issue with rubio. before i get to that -- i do want to sort of say that thematically what you heard from the president wasn't dramatically different from what you heard on the campaign trail. it was the unfolding of things we advanced on the campaign trail and a winning thematic. my problem wi
what we saw was classic obama. we saw bipartisan rhetoric in order to cloak liberal policies and it is very effective. >> you were about to say yes. >> i suspect a lot of eyes didn't see it as bipartisanly as you did. marco rubio, remember who he is compared to. compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges. nobody is going to say tomorrow marco rubio screwed this up. he did a terrific job. he laid out a very clear alternative. he talked about republican values. he talked about...
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so nothing is changing under president obama. our nation still has debts we can't afford, the solution is not to find new ways to spend more money, the solution is to find ways to spend less money to save everybody from senior citizens to the middle class to the young people who are call counting on this government working for them. >> all right. well, thanks very much if both of you. i'm sorry, we had to cut you off there. we are going to take a brief break. though, still to come, about 100 passengers from the cruise ship the "triumph" filed a class action lawsuit against carnival. i have it here and i've got some questions for the lawyer representing them. he's next. plus, never before seen photos of the model shot and killed by the blade runner, oscar pistorius. we have the photographer. >>> and breaking news, a dramatic and emotional 911 call has just been released. what the operator heard during a shooting spree in which four were killed. [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat?
so nothing is changing under president obama. our nation still has debts we can't afford, the solution is not to find new ways to spend more money, the solution is to find ways to spend less money to save everybody from senior citizens to the middle class to the young people who are call counting on this government working for them. >> all right. well, thanks very much if both of you. i'm sorry, we had to cut you off there. we are going to take a brief break. though, still to come, about...
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will increase in employment is taxhe just got h increase. >> president obama has proposed trillion in debt reduction. the administration officials say president will also address gun-control on tuesday's -- on tuesday's speech. >> a 15-road girl was shot to death about a week after taking part in the inaugural parade. first lady michelle obama travel chicago and attended her funeral. >> gabrielle giffords will be in house chamber for the president's address on tuesday night. ed by her former successor congressman ron barbre. her husband will be there as a guest of senator john mccain. she was amended in a shooting in on, arizona and testified last month. >> investigators need your help in identifying a person who killed a woman. she was found unconscious afternoon. ied at the hospital. o the areareturned t to distribute flowers. her neighbors say they are scared. >> this is scary. this is where we live with their children and grandchildren. you constantly have to be scared u live.o >> investigators have a basic of a suspect, but have not released any motive or if this was a random cri
will increase in employment is taxhe just got h increase. >> president obama has proposed trillion in debt reduction. the administration officials say president will also address gun-control on tuesday's -- on tuesday's speech. >> a 15-road girl was shot to death about a week after taking part in the inaugural parade. first lady michelle obama travel chicago and attended her funeral. >> gabrielle giffords will be in house chamber for the president's address on tuesday night....
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president barack obama will deliver his state of the union address. gun control is one of the issues he's expected to talk about. tom ramsey joins me with what some local people are hoping to hear. >> these are nervous times around the dc area because the looming big budget cuts of the government could hurt the local economy. we asked them, what do you want to hear from the president? after spending time on issues from guns to gay rights to immigration, the president is expected on tuesday night to focus largely on one thing. >> the economy will be central. >> people like lisa claiborne want to hear something that will increase optimism. >> consumer confidence is huge. if people do not feel confident they will not go and buy something. >> the president is expected to talk about the sequestration battle -- across the board cuts will hit march 1 if he and congress cannot reach a alternative. it will likely hit the dc area harder than anybody -- anywhere else. democrats predict nationwide job losses. >> 600,000 people out of work. this will increase unem
president barack obama will deliver his state of the union address. gun control is one of the issues he's expected to talk about. tom ramsey joins me with what some local people are hoping to hear. >> these are nervous times around the dc area because the looming big budget cuts of the government could hurt the local economy. we asked them, what do you want to hear from the president? after spending time on issues from guns to gay rights to immigration, the president is expected on...
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an independent voice for obama. >> i am committed to president obama and vice president biden. i think he is a brilliant man. he is now able to flower more as the president i knew he could be. >> a leader who knows how to follow. >> i will go wherever the president wants me to go. >> someone who will never forget where she came from. >> and it just clicked. tennessee is home. and it just clicked. tennessee is home. >> kentucky. >> someone who knows what is good for us. >> obama care has done so much for us right here in tennessee. >> ashley judd has responded. ashley thanks senator mcconnell, karl rove and their negative allies for all the attention as she considers her future political plans, although a decision hasn't been made yet. the kentucky senate race is obviously high profile with republican leader up for reelection. rove's ad is meant to be a preemptive strike. if democrats are able to topple senator mcconnell, they would be taking a page out of a republican playbook. history tells us. 2004 republicans targeted then tom daschle and they won. 2010, republicans, well, t
an independent voice for obama. >> i am committed to president obama and vice president biden. i think he is a brilliant man. he is now able to flower more as the president i knew he could be. >> a leader who knows how to follow. >> i will go wherever the president wants me to go. >> someone who will never forget where she came from. >> and it just clicked. tennessee is home. and it just clicked. tennessee is home. >> kentucky. >> someone who knows what...
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. >> when president obama took office, 134 million americans were working in nonfarm jobs. today, after massive losses and a slow recovery, we're only 1.2 million jobs better off. and many pay less than those that were lost. recent study by the center for college affordability found almost half of college graduates are now in jobs that do not require four-year degrees. things like janitorial services, taxi driving and retail sales. professor richard vetter at ohio university helped author that study. >> let's say each one of them were making $20,000 a year more in income, which is quite plausible. we are talking about $400 billion a year in lost wages. >>> numbers like that made some economic analysts argue that underemployment may be every bit as damaging to the economy as unemployment. and kellock irvin is caught in the middle of it all. for now he takes freelance jobs as a photographer and part-time work with moving companies. but -- >> that can only support me so long before i need to head home. >> he might be the next one moving back home. tom foreman, cnn, washington.
. >> when president obama took office, 134 million americans were working in nonfarm jobs. today, after massive losses and a slow recovery, we're only 1.2 million jobs better off. and many pay less than those that were lost. recent study by the center for college affordability found almost half of college graduates are now in jobs that do not require four-year degrees. things like janitorial services, taxi driving and retail sales. professor richard vetter at ohio university helped author...
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the obama administration has approved the killing of u.s. citizens if they are known to pose an imminent threat to the country. >> lithium ion batteries are not necessarily safe for use on airplanes -- not necessarily unsafe but safeguards need to be in place. the board is looking into the possibility that battery should have to meet tougher testing standards. x a sunny and windy day to day. >> a nice surprise for an elementary schoolteacher in southwest washington today. a show of appreciation. miss simms is a third grade teacher and she had no idea she was going to be honored. she received this year's education award. she gets a $25,000 cash prize. >> my third grade students bring a smile to my face every day. >> if you are wondering what she will do with the money she is getting, she says she will pay all some bills and possibly purchase a harley-davidson. that will make her even more popular with her students. >> boston is under a blizzard watch right now. new england might get buried up there. let's get started with the time lapse, this
the obama administration has approved the killing of u.s. citizens if they are known to pose an imminent threat to the country. >> lithium ion batteries are not necessarily safe for use on airplanes -- not necessarily unsafe but safeguards need to be in place. the board is looking into the possibility that battery should have to meet tougher testing standards. x a sunny and windy day to day. >> a nice surprise for an elementary schoolteacher in southwest washington today. a show of...
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president obama made some talk radio appearances. >> whether or not we can move republicans at this point to do the right thing is what we're still trying to gauge. >> now, he's called the cuts severe and brutal. house speaker john boehner, guess what, completely agrees with that. he's called them deep and dangerous, but they're not doing anything about it. here's the thing about the cuts. they're going to hurt some people that nobody wants to hurt. people already in pain, more than 4 million homebound and disabled seniors may have to go without dinner this year because of cuts to meals on wheels programs in the forced cuts. 70,000 children from lower income families will not be able to enroll in preschools and day care centers because of the forced spending cuts. the owners of about 10,000 homes and small businesses destroyed by hurricane sandy won't get the money needed for repair and recovery. now, there are all kinds of things in the forced cuts, some of which you may agree with, but some of which all of us would find offensive. we can cut the amount of money required here, many times
president obama made some talk radio appearances. >> whether or not we can move republicans at this point to do the right thing is what we're still trying to gauge. >> now, he's called the cuts severe and brutal. house speaker john boehner, guess what, completely agrees with that. he's called them deep and dangerous, but they're not doing anything about it. here's the thing about the cuts. they're going to hurt some people that nobody wants to hurt. people already in pain, more than...
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president obama wrapped up his state of the union address a short time ago. setting the tone for his second term. he told americans the "rubble of crisis" has been cleared away from the economy. and the state of the union is better. millions of americans were watching.and he knows the stakes are high. the president faces stiff opposition from the republicans who control the house -- and who have repeatedly blocked some of his top legislative priorities. senator marco rubio of florida delivered the official republican response tonight. and senator rand paul of kentucky - represented the tea party. both men have indicated an interest in running for president. he made this clear that he wants action on gun-control. he is facing stiff opposition. and they have repeatedly blocked tough legislation mark rubio and the kentucky senator rand paul.... also delivered public information and have indicated an interest in running for president. >> jacqueline: 60s through concord, san jose and as we look at the overnight conditions. chilly. tomorrow, very similar to today.
president obama wrapped up his state of the union address a short time ago. setting the tone for his second term. he told americans the "rubble of crisis" has been cleared away from the economy. and the state of the union is better. millions of americans were watching.and he knows the stakes are high. the president faces stiff opposition from the republicans who control the house -- and who have repeatedly blocked some of his top legislative priorities. senator marco rubio of florida...
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they sent a letter to president obama urging him to withdraw hagel's nomination. the white house says that will not happen. >> just to be clear he won't be withdrawn. >> absolutely not. if any suggestion to the otherwise to the contrary might have been found in the minutes of the meetings of the friends of hamas. yeah. >> white house secretary jay carney making light of a discredited report that claimed hagel received speaking fees from a group called friends of hamas, a group that doesn't exist. let me bring in a republican strategist chip saltsman and democratic strategist morris reed. good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> morris, texas republican ted cruz is among 15 senators asking the president to dump chuck hagel. part of what he said in his statement, in the last 50 years no other secretary of defense has been confirmed with more than three members voting against him and in the entire history of the position no one has been confirmed with more than 11 no votes. will chuck hagel be damaged as defense secretary if there are 15 or more no votes? >> absolutel
they sent a letter to president obama urging him to withdraw hagel's nomination. the white house says that will not happen. >> just to be clear he won't be withdrawn. >> absolutely not. if any suggestion to the otherwise to the contrary might have been found in the minutes of the meetings of the friends of hamas. yeah. >> white house secretary jay carney making light of a discredited report that claimed hagel received speaking fees from a group called friends of hamas, a group...
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an hour and five minutes, barack obama. ronald reagan averaged 40 min tonight's his state of the union and richard nixon averaged 35 minutes. >> woodruff: that counts applause. >> that counts applause. i think he would endear himself to the nation if he just stood up and said i'm going to... >> that should be a voting issue all by itself. who do you vote for? >> woodruff: are you saying there's been a lack of urgency coming out of the white house? >> i think there's a lot of important issues that they've emphasized. gun control or immigration or training and research. but i mean what is it that comes out that the president says this is what defines my presidency? david is right. he was far more assertive, in his inaugural address than he was in his first term. i guess we expect that to continue. is there an olive branch offered? i mean, is there a sense or is there going to be the republicans have lost five of the last six elections in the popular vote. five of the last elections they lost senate seats. they lost the house
an hour and five minutes, barack obama. ronald reagan averaged 40 min tonight's his state of the union and richard nixon averaged 35 minutes. >> woodruff: that counts applause. >> that counts applause. i think he would endear himself to the nation if he just stood up and said i'm going to... >> that should be a voting issue all by itself. who do you vote for? >> woodruff: are you saying there's been a lack of urgency coming out of the white house? >> i think...
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president obama mentioned 70,000 deteriorating bridges. it is a small share of deficient bridges and that share has been getting smaller overtime. more and more countries are moving towards private financing for highways and bridges and seaports. that is something the obama administration could move ahead with. it is more efficient to use private-sector funding for infrastructure. governments cannot afford further infrastructure. the capital beltway is being widened by a private-sector company investing in new toll lanes. the president mentioned seaports. best seaports are both private. the best seaports are private and the world and that's the way we should go. host: joe in ohio, democratic caller. caller: hello. host: go ahead. caller: what would be wrong with making a rule like no export of any energy of any kind until we are energy efficient? right now we are selling oil and gas to south american companies --country and a sellout at the pumps for $1.50 a gallon but we 5 a gallon. $4 and $% guest: efficiency is a huge part of what we ne
president obama mentioned 70,000 deteriorating bridges. it is a small share of deficient bridges and that share has been getting smaller overtime. more and more countries are moving towards private financing for highways and bridges and seaports. that is something the obama administration could move ahead with. it is more efficient to use private-sector funding for infrastructure. governments cannot afford further infrastructure. the capital beltway is being widened by a private-sector company...
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it was left out. >> why, because that is -- that is obama's sacred cow? >> well, he's got a few sacred cows, but that's one of them. >> eleanor. >> first of all 178 republicans voted for sequester. john boehner said he was very happy. he got 91% of what he wanted. the impasse here is that the republicans don't want to give anything in new revenue, and the public is with the president, that you can't have a deal which only relies on spending cuts when you have an economy where the recovery is fragile. it's the last thing we should be doing. and in terms of healthcare, "time" magazine has a terrific cover this week about medical bills, and, you know, the president doesn't have control over all of those things, and the big hero in the "time" magazine cover story is medicare, which is actually doing a very good job in controlling healthcare spendingyet more sequester grief. >> the u.s. travel association and congressional staff aids concur that with the budget sequester, one hour will be added to security wait at the nation's biggest and busiest airports. and
it was left out. >> why, because that is -- that is obama's sacred cow? >> well, he's got a few sacred cows, but that's one of them. >> eleanor. >> first of all 178 republicans voted for sequester. john boehner said he was very happy. he got 91% of what he wanted. the impasse here is that the republicans don't want to give anything in new revenue, and the public is with the president, that you can't have a deal which only relies on spending cuts when you have an economy...
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the man that president obama has tapped to be his next spy chief says that the white house goes through agony to make sure that there are no collateral deaths in these attacks. >> a panel of senators brimming with questions. barely a few words in, the first interruption but not from politicians. >> i am honored to appear before you today as the president's nominee. >> would you hold please? i will ask the police to please remove this woman. >> four times, protesters interrupted at the hearing. there was a vocal opposition to the program and to john brennan becoming the next director. he was questioned over his past involvement in enhance interrogation techniques. >> i've expressed my personal objections to my colleagues about certain of those situations such as water boarding, nudity, and others. i've expressed my personal objections but i did not try to stop it because it was something that was being done in a different part of the agency under the authority of others. >> when asked about john strikes, he criticized the protesters. >> i think there is an impression on the part of some
the man that president obama has tapped to be his next spy chief says that the white house goes through agony to make sure that there are no collateral deaths in these attacks. >> a panel of senators brimming with questions. barely a few words in, the first interruption but not from politicians. >> i am honored to appear before you today as the president's nominee. >> would you hold please? i will ask the police to please remove this woman. >> four times, protesters...
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president obama was in norfolk. john boehner had some choice words for the senate. a local man created a special smart phone app. i am sitting here receiving that is all. >> got to get over it, gordon. let's get another jack of a rainy weather situation. >> -- another check of our rainy weather situation. >> it is a matter of time before the rain and lives out of the area. kind of a break right now. temperatures kind of chilly. we have no advisories in the metro right now. just to the west, there is a winter weather advisory. the exception is. county. you will see more about that coming up at 6:00. leesburg, 38. 40 and chevy chase. -- 40 in chevy chase. temperatures will rise tonight an upside-down weather pattern. there could be some pockets of fog to deal with early in the morning. the rain will be out of your early in the morning. temperature's rising to the upper 50's. thursday, we start to get some of snow coming across the mountains. it may lead to a late day rain shower. we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. breezy warm, with some sunshine. chilly weather co
president obama was in norfolk. john boehner had some choice words for the senate. a local man created a special smart phone app. i am sitting here receiving that is all. >> got to get over it, gordon. let's get another jack of a rainy weather situation. >> -- another check of our rainy weather situation. >> it is a matter of time before the rain and lives out of the area. kind of a break right now. temperatures kind of chilly. we have no advisories in the metro right now....
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later, president obama speaking in leesburg, >> our guest on "newsmakers" is representative chris van hollen. he is a senior democrat on the budget committee. his district has several contractors waiting on the result of the sequestration. we are speaking to you on friday afternoon and you have just returned from a democratic retreat. nancy cook is the tax and budget reporter for the "national journal." lori montgomery is with "the washington post." lori, you're up first. >> house democrats have prepared their own bill for dealing with the rest of the fiscal year. tax increases, republicans have said they will not go for any tax increases. everyone thinks the sequester is a bad idea. what is the plan to forge a compromise? >> we want to ask the republicans to take a balanced approach and i think there is growing pressure among other republicans to replace the sequester through a combination of cuts that take place over a longer time because they do not want to harm the economy in the short term even as you try to reduce the deficit in the long term. also by closing some of the tax loo
later, president obama speaking in leesburg, >> our guest on "newsmakers" is representative chris van hollen. he is a senior democrat on the budget committee. his district has several contractors waiting on the result of the sequestration. we are speaking to you on friday afternoon and you have just returned from a democratic retreat. nancy cook is the tax and budget reporter for the "national journal." lori montgomery is with "the washington post." lori,...
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. >> el presidente barack obama presentara aal congreso y nación su agenda de discurso que dará y se espera que ahble del control de armas, de la reforma migratoria y las salida de las tropas de afganistán, vamos con los detalles. >> ¿cómo fortalecer a la clase media? será el tema central del presidente barack obama en esta noche. >> lo más importante es la visión de como deberíamos invertir y como vamos en invertir y así crear más trabajos. >> tambiÉn el presidente barack obama dirá que cuatro mil soldados regresaran desde afganistán. >> el tema de inmigración es parte de sus discurso., >> y el senador marcos rubio aquí ensayando su discurso. >> los hispanos esperan que una familia como él pueda alcanzar sus sueños. >>ees algo que muestran y que con mucho trabajo y con dedicación pueden salir adelante. >> habrá una respuesta no oficial del (nombre en inglés) y algunos invitados en el marco del congreso serán de temas cruciales. >> espero que mi invitado gabino sánchez que está batallando contra la deportación, él representa a unos 11 millones. >> así como yo
. >> el presidente barack obama presentara aal congreso y nación su agenda de discurso que dará y se espera que ahble del control de armas, de la reforma migratoria y las salida de las tropas de afganistán, vamos con los detalles. >> ¿cómo fortalecer a la clase media? será el tema central del presidente barack obama en esta noche. >> lo más importante es la visión de como deberíamos invertir y como vamos en invertir y así crear más trabajos. >> tambiÉn el...